Kalispel Casino - Cook

Kalispel Tribe of Indians; Cusick (WA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is seeking a food service team member responsible for the preparation, production, and display of foods in an assigned area, ensuring quality and safety standards are met during each shift.

Responsibilities include following recipes, using various cooking methods, and maintaining compliance with tribal policies and food safety guidelines while supporting a high-volume kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• One-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with high-volume cooking is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with internal controls and casino policies.
• Prepare, cook, and display foods per recipes and standards.
• Follow all food safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Conduct quality checks before and after production to ensure health standards.
• Maintain attendance and be available for varied hours as needed.
• Able to perform diverse cooking methods and operate kitchen equipment.
• Possibly participate in internal reviews or panel discussions as required.

Skills

Problem solving

Diverse cooking skills

Food math

Effective communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Summary of Functions:

Responsible for the preparation, production, and/or displaying of all foods in an assigned area. Ensures standards and expectations of food quality are met during scheduled shift.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians- Internal Controls, and the Kalispel Casino Policies and Procedures.

• Ability to perform various types of cooking methods.
• Follow all recipes and procedures including measuring, mixing, carving, cutting, washing and other techniques required for a full-service kitchen.
• Prepares and display food to specifications set by the Chef
• Follows all food safety and sanitation guidelines set forth by the FDA.
• Performs quality control checks before and after production to ensure health and sanitation standards are followed.
• Available to work any changes in hours deemed necessary for business levels.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular good attendance record.
• May be required to be a panelist for the Internal Review Hearings.
• This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be instructed by management to perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education

• High school diploma or GED

Experience

• One-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with high volume cooking is helpful.

Skills & Abilities

• Skill in identifying and resolving problems under pressure conditions.
• Diverse cooking skills and high-volume experience preferred
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts related to food.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the organization and the public.
• Effectively communicate information through verbal and written correspondence.

Other Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Tribal Work Permit.
• Washington State Food Handler Permit - obtain within first 14 days of start date.
• Hepatitis A & B vaccination
• Available and willing to work nights, weekends and holidays as required.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 80+ pounds.
• Constantly requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discrimination in sound.
• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Infrequently requires crouching.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to tobacco smoke, flashing lights, and loud noises as found in a casino setting. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, repetitive motions, extreme cold or extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Hiring Preference

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is an Equal opportunity employer. Consistent with federal law, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians applies Indian preference in employment. It is the policy of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to give preference in hiring, promotions, and transfers into vacant positions to qualified applicants in the following order: 1) Kalispel Tribal Members; 2) Spouses of an enrolled Kalispel Tribal Member; 3) enrolled members of other Indian Tribes; 4) all other applicants.

General Sign-off & Disclaimers

The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies.

At-Will Employment: Employment with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians is at-will and can be terminated with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, either at the option of the employee or the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.

Drug Testing: The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is a drug free workplace. All applicants are subject to drug testing at the time of hire and at unannounced times during employment.

Background Investigation: All candidates and employees may be subject to a background investigation.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.